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Things 3

Meet the all-new Things! A complete rethinking of the original, award-winning task manager – with a perfect balance between simplicity and power, incredible new features, delightful interactions, and a timeless new design.

*** APPLE DESIGN AWARD WINNER 2017 ***

HERE’S HOW THINGS WORKS

If you’re new to Things, this is the basic workflow:

1. Collect Your ThoughtsGet things off your mind quickly: no matter what app you’re in, a keyboard shortcut instantly reveals Quick Entry. Type your thoughts and save them to the Inbox. Or just talk to Siri on any device (“Remind me to...”) and import from Reminders.

2. Get OrganizedCreate a project for each of your goals, then add the steps to reach them. For clarity, add structure with headings. Then group your projects by areas of responsibility, such as “Family”, “Work”, or “Health”. Review these regularly to stay on top of things.

3. Plan Your TimeSee your calendar events alongside your to-dos and plan your time effectively. Create repeating to-dos for things you do every few days, weeks, or months – Things will remind you on the right day.

4. Make the Most of Your DayEvery morning, grab a coffee and prepare your list for “Today”: review previously planned to-dos and make quick decisions on what to tackle. Pick some more steps from your projects and then get going. The Today list is the only place you’ll need to look for the rest of the day.

5. Customize Your WorkflowUse tags to categorize your to-dos or add context. For example, tag places like “Office” or “Home”, or tag all your “Errands”, or everything you’re working on with “Kate”. You can easily find everything you’ve tagged via filtering or search.

HERE’S WHY WE THINK YOU’LL LOVE THINGS

1. It stays out of your way.As you start using Things, you’ll quickly notice how seamlessly all the features fit together to give you an uncluttered, focused experience. There are no unnecessary frills. No pointless gimmicks or useless controls. In fact, you’ll hardly notice the app – it’s just you and your to-dos.

2. Everything revolves around your to-dos.In Things, each of your to-dos are special. In a list, they simply show a checkbox and the title of your to-do. But when you open them, they extend into a beautiful white piece of paper that’s ready to hold your thoughts. Additional details (checklists, tags, reminders, deadline) are nicely tucked away in the corner until you need them.

3. It’s got a touch of magic.Things removes friction in magical ways. As an example, take Type Travel, a remarkable new way to navigate your lists. You just start typing where you want to go – the name of any project, area, or to-do – and instantly you’re transported there. Or look at the Natural Date Input – just type “Tom(orrow)”, “Sat(urday)”, “in fou(r days)”, “Au(gust 1)”., and it will jump to all the right conclusions.

4. It’s got all the power of macOS.Things is fully integrated with all the latest macOS technologies: Touch Bar, Today Widget, Calendars, Siri & Reminders, Share Extension, Handoff, and AppleScript.

Release Notes

—— New in 3.2.2 ——• Added support for more keys to trigger Quick Find.• Added support for creating new to-dos or project headings (via keyboard shortcuts or toolbar button) while editing a project or area.• Improved the display of links to Postbox messages in to-dos’ notes.• Improved the formatting of links to DEVONthink Pro items.• Fixed a UI problem for weekly repeating to-dos in the Russian localization.

9/7/2017 | Version : 3.1.4 | Size : 11.3 MB
—— New in 3.1.4 ——

• Removed some superfluous animations that could appear when switching between lists.• Fixed some issues that could cause the app to become unresponsive on macOS 10.11.• Fixed an issue where trashing a project that contained a repeating to-do with a reminder would not cancel the reminder’s notification.• Fixed an issue where making a to-do repeat with a reminder time would not trigger reminder notifications until the app had been relaunched.• Fixed an edge case where joining two checklist items could result in data loss.• Fixed an edge case where the app could crash sometimes after several clicks within a list.• Fixed an edge case where the app could crash sometimes if no Things Cloud password was present in the system keychain.

—— New in 3.0 ——

• ALL-NEW DESIGNHow it looks, how it works, and how it feels – Things has been completely redesigned, with more clarity, improved workflows, better structure, and delightful animations. It’s a to-do list like no other.

• PROJECT HEADINGSIt’s so much easier to handle your projects now that you can break them up with headings. Use them to create categories, milestones, or whatever you need – just give each one a name and drag your to-dos underneath. Instantly you’ve got a nice, clean structure for your list, and the plan becomes perfectly clear.

• CHECKLISTSSome things take several steps to complete but don’t require a full-blown project. Now you can use Checklists to break down the finer details of a to-do. Use them for shopping lists, when packing your bag for a trip, or to detail a process at work so you won’t miss a critical step.

• CALENDAR INTEGRATIONDisplay calendar events alongside your to-dos and stay on top of your schedule. They will show at the top of your Today list, and for each day in Upcoming, where you plan the week ahead.

• PLAN YOUR DAY – WITH TODAY AND THIS EVENINGOnce you’ve made your plan, the Today list is your go-to place for all daily activities. Calendar events now display at the top, giving an outline of your schedule. Your to-dos follow, with a discrete section at the bottom called This Evening for things you’ll get to later in the day.

• PLAN YOUR WEEK – WITH UPCOMINGPlan your week ahead with the new Upcoming list. It shows everything on your agenda for the coming days: scheduled to-dos, repeating to-dos, deadlines, and calendar events. A quick peek at this list is all it takes to stay on top of your schedule.

• JUMP STARTWorking with dates is super easy with the new Jump Start date selector. Use it to quickly put to-dos in your Today list, schedule them for later, or put them on hold in Someday.

• NATURAL LANGUAGE RECOGNITIONJump Start has a magical ingredient: Natural Language Recognition. It smartly detects what you’re typing to work out what you mean... “Tom(orrow)”, “Sat(urday)”, “in fou(r days)”, “Au(gust 1)”. As you can see, it jumps to all the right conclusions.

• REMINDERSOne of Things’ most-requested features is now here: time-based reminders! You can add a reminder by typing (natural language recognition), or just speak to Siri. For those to-dos you absolutely cannot miss, reminders will give you peace of mind.

• TYPE TRAVELSearch and navigation in Things is now extremely fast, with Type Travel. All you need to do is start typing – the name of a list, to-do, or tag – and instantly you’re taken there. It’s magic!

• SLIM MODECollapse your sidebar with a two-finger swipe to cut out distractions and focus on your work. This is great when you’re working in Split View, or if you just need more room on your screen.

• MULTIPLE WINDOWSYou can now open multiple projects in their own windows and drag to-dos back and forth between them to organize with ease. Or use them across multiple displays, desktop spaces, or split views – whatever suits your personal workflow.

• AND MUCH MOREVisit our website to see all that’s new: thingsapp.com

6/12/2017 | Version : 3.0.3 | Size : 11.6 MB
—— New in 3.0.3 ——

• In addition to OmniFocus and Wunderlist, you can now import from Todoist – go to File > Import.• Fixed an issue that prevented the OmniFocus import script from importing deferred projects.• We now hide Calendar events that have been declined.• Improved the user experience when expanding a to-do below an already-expanded to-do.• We now block the setting of reserved keys as shortcuts in the tag management window.• Improved performance when dragging an email into a to-do’s notes to create a link.• Fixed an issue where the File menu command for “New Heading with Selection” didn’t work (hold down Option to see it).• Fixed an issue where the main window could appear inactive when the Jump Start or Quick Entry popovers were visible.• Fixed some AppleScript issues.• Fixed several crashes.

—— New in 3.0.0 ——

• ALL-NEW DESIGNHow it looks, how it works, and how it feels – Things has been completely redesigned, with more clarity, improved workflows, better structure, and delightful animations. It’s a to-do list like no other.

• PROJECT HEADINGSIt’s so much easier to handle your projects now that you can break them up with headings. Use them to create categories, milestones, or whatever you need – just give each one a name and drag your to-dos underneath. Instantly you’ve got a nice, clean structure for your list, and the plan becomes perfectly clear.

• CHECKLISTSSome things take several steps to complete but don’t require a full-blown project. Now you can use Checklists to break down the finer details of a to-do. Use them for shopping lists, when packing your bag for a trip, or to detail a process at work so you won’t miss a critical step.

• CALENDAR INTEGRATIONDisplay calendar events alongside your to-dos and stay on top of your schedule. They will show at the top of your Today list, and for each day in Upcoming, where you plan the week ahead.

• PLAN YOUR DAY – WITH TODAY AND THIS EVENINGOnce you’ve made your plan, the Today list is your go-to place for all daily activities. Calendar events now display at the top, giving an outline of your schedule. Your to-dos follow, with a discrete section at the bottom called This Evening for things you’ll get to later in the day.

• PLAN YOUR WEEK – WITH UPCOMINGPlan your week ahead with the new Upcoming list. It shows everything on your agenda for the coming days: scheduled to-dos, repeating to-dos, deadlines, and calendar events. A quick peek at this list is all it takes to stay on top of your schedule.

• JUMP STARTWorking with dates is super easy with the new Jump Start date selector. Use it to quickly put to-dos in your Today list, schedule them for later, or put them on hold in Someday.

• NATURAL LANGUAGE RECOGNITIONJump Start has a magical ingredient: Natural Language Recognition. It smartly detects what you’re typing to work out what you mean... “Tom(orrow)”, “Sat(urday)”, “in fou(r days)”, “Au(gust 1)”. As you can see, it jumps to all the right conclusions.

• REMINDERSOne of Things’ most-requested features is now here: time-based reminders! You can add a reminder by typing (natural language recognition), or just speak to Siri. For those to-dos you absolutely cannot miss, reminders will give you peace of mind.

• TYPE TRAVELSearch and navigation in Things is now extremely fast, with Type Travel. All you need to do is start typing – the name of a list, to-do, or tag – and instantly you’re taken there. It’s magic!

• SLIM MODECollapse your sidebar with a two-finger swipe to cut out distractions and focus on your work. This is great when you’re working in Split View, or if you just need more room on your screen.

• MULTIPLE WINDOWSYou can now open multiple projects in their own windows and drag to-dos back and forth between them to organize with ease. Or use them across multiple displays, desktop spaces, or split views – whatever suits your personal workflow.

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Comments and Ratings for Things 3

Still missing key features (3.0.3)6/11/2017 10:22:36 PM3/5 By Bowen RobertsI used an earlier version of this app a few years ago. I recently gave a trial run to the latest version of this app, and found it lacking compared to my current favorite. Here are a few of the features I would need to see added before I would switch:
Ability to forward emails directly into my todo inbox
Ability to specify time needed for a task as a stand alone parameter. This allow sorting tasks by time needed, and totaling time required by day.
Ability to add parameters like tags through a mark-up language
Ability to filter on more than one tag
Ability to add attachments to tasks or projects
Add icons to tags for easy scanning
Ability to color code tasks

Exceptionally crafted experiences (3.0.3)6/11/2017 5:25:06 PM5/5 By Ryan AtallahThis is definitely on the more expensive side of to-do applications, but the polished-to-perfection interface, exquisitely engineered companion applicaitons for iOS and watchOS, and reliable synchronization make it all worthwhile.
Very well done, and worth the money.

Great Product but Expensive (3.0.3)6/11/2017 8:49:25 AM4/5 By FlG8orI’ve been looking for a tool to help me with task management and this just may be it. I love that it’s on both of my MAC comptuters, my iPhone and my IPad but I’m not really happy with what it costs. Won’t be around long at those prices.

Awesome - The best task manager I have ever used !!!! (3.0.3)6/10/2017 5:00:11 PM5/5 By AntuquitoI have been using Things since 2010 considering this app a very good task manager, but sincerely there were times that I thought to search another one with more capabilities or new utilities. Although never changed Things (because always was the best and most practical task manager for me, especially since I could use Things Cloud and maintain synced all my tasks in all my devices), I have to say and recognize that this time Culture Code did AN EXCELLENT JOB. Now Things has capabilities and utilities that I could never imagine, and any other apps developer could not imagine. For my job (and my life organization) Things 3 is EXACTLY what I need. Really I can not imagine what else could sugest or advice to Culture Code !!! Things 3 has everything. Culture Code thought on everyTHING and worked with all its effort !!! If Apple and other developers, magazines gave Culture awards and honors …… WELL DESERVED !!!! Congratulations for making our lives easier !!!!!

5 stars on iOS -3 stars on macOS (3.0.3)6/10/2017 11:56:39 AM3/5 By Eeker5 stars on iOS but 3 stars on macOS — why?
You get nearly all the same amazing features on iOS, but they have decided to quadruple the price for the Mac version — that’s not cool; It seems to me they're just playing the market and deciding what they *can* get, not what they should charge fairly. I ended up paying it because I want the same amazing product on my Mac and iPhone — and if I wanted it I really had no choice. But $39 for a task manager is just not acceptable to me in this day and age. If the price had been $29 I would not be feeling like this, but if they’re gonna charge $39, that just crosses a line for me — they would need to add more features unique to the Mac that are REALLY worth it. I find myself regretting getting the Mac version, because I do 90% of my task management on my iPhone, and Things on iOS is amazingly efficient, beautiful and powerful. In short, if you have the money to burn, go for it — otherwise I’d get the iOS app first and use that for a while before determining if you *really* need the Mac app.

Switched from OmniFocus (3.0.3)6/10/2017 9:56:22 AM5/5 By D. C.I’ve been using OmniFocus for about four years and thought I’d try Things3. Now I use it on my Mac, my iPad, and my iPhone. Worth paying for each one of those. I didn’t lose any features I used in OmniFocus and Things is a joy to use. Happy I switched.

No way to see all scheduled/unscheduled Things (3.0.3)6/10/2017 9:34:15 AM1/5 By sw1249485The app doesn’t let you see all outstanding To-do’s on a single page. It only lets you see scheduled Things on one page and unscheduled Things on another. For me, this makes it very hard to prioritize Things.

Great Design but Poor Syncing and Data Loss with Large Todos (3.0.3)6/9/2017 6:31:11 PM2/5 By Cosmic CircuitI am a long time user of Things. Things 3 has much better layout and design than the previous version. Headings, checklists are a very nice addition and it has very clean interface. In general it is a good program but it has some issues.
Main Issues:
Poor or unreliable syncing from the Mac to iPhone still occurring. If you use Things 3 on the Mac with Things 3 on the the iPhone, the iPhone app will not receive the updated data or updated todos occasionally and force you to reopen Things 3 on your Mac to try to get it to sync. This doesn't happen very frequently - a rough estimate would be 5% of the time.
Individual Todos are supposed to have a 10,000 character limit - however, data loss and a severly truncated todo can occur when approaching a much smaller limit.
If you place numerous links to files and add urls in your todo and near the 3200 character marker you may experience a warning that tells you your todo is too long and will automatically truncate the bottom of the todo without an option to save the truncated data.

Uee it every day. Worth the $ (3.0.3)6/9/2017 10:52:37 AM5/5 By Sic 'emI have used Things in the past, but only seasonally. Never could get it into my workflow in a way that stuck. BUT THIS UPDATE IS A GAME CHANGER.
I hesitated to dish out the cash for the Mac app & the iOS app again…but I’m glad I did. The 3D Touch integration, the new way categories work, lists within tasks, and on and on. They’ve thought out every detail in a way that lets me get all my to-do’s out of my head, into the app, and then never lose track of them. Tasks don’t get lost in endless layers of folders - everything is always right in front of me. And the design is super clean.
Things was good before. Now it’s about perfect. Changing the way I get things done.
Thanks!

Powerful, beautiful, and a delight to use. Won me back! (3.0.3)6/9/2017 10:38:43 AM5/5 By LosAngeles_83I came back to Things thanks to this release. Having used several task managers for many years, this is by far my new favorite!
• Headings and Checklists make projects and tasks robust and organized yet clear and simple. (This is the reason I left Things two years ago. It couldn’t support having many clients without making my project area a mess.)
• New design is beautiful, simple, intuitive, and a delight to use! Poor UX/UI design in other apps (including older versoins of Things) meant falling behind and becoming overwhelmed due to neglect.
• Very easy to use the powerful tools like calendars and tags without any effort.
• Keyboard shortcuts are fantastic way to fly through the app, quickly adding, editing, or moving tasks.
• Works seemlesly with Siri and iPhone/Watch apps for easy input, review, and checking off of tasks. (iPhone version is a perfect companion and a must)